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Review by dorokusai September 15, 2003
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| This was my first "Live" recording on SACD. I also think that the crowd is a little too loud at times, and it is distracting. That being said, the crowd is certainly having a great time, due to a great concert. I love the two Zepplin covers. The music is a little fuzzy at times, and hard to really hear the classic chords of Barracuda, and Magic Man. The vocals however are excellent, and the second disc is even better as her voice gets warmed up. Great disc, great live performance.
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Review by petermwilson July 15, 2003
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Hi,
Since is a Hybrid disc I decided to record it Windows Media Player 9 which iI use to play hdcd's since it decodes this algorythm.
Recording at variabnle bitrate in wmp's lossless format, my playback is showing between 934 to 1044kbs and from a 2ch analog connection from the soundcard to my Denon 5800/03 and playing in the DPL II dps format, the rez is quite amazing. I think the fact that like the Roger Waters Berlin Wall live disc, it's easy not to be overly critical of the playback.
Same goes for "The Concert for New York" even though there is no hybrid layer.
Peter m.
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Review by Tom June 24, 2003
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Not sure how to rate this. I like Heart, but haven't been an avid fan.
I thought the disc was too expensive. I paid $25.
It also bothers me when the "live" version sounds different from the studio version. Many of the cuts sound very different.
I think the recording engineers captured what Heart sounded like that evening. It sounds like a live concert.
To me the crowd noise is too loud, the instuments are fuzzy or veiled, there's background noise/booming, and the drums lack clarity.
The good news is that there's a very good selection of music and it's fairly well recorded for a live concert. Great that Heart is back.
The great news is that Sony is finally selling hybrid discs!!!!
Aug. 24 Update: I've now listened to this 5-6 times. I want to revise my rating of sonics from 2 to 3. I think my first impression was a little harsh. This is a live concert, and not a studio recording.
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